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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 06:53 PM
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Yeah I got this crazy idea in my head and went with it. The particle board on the top of my at home work bench has had so much thinner, reducer, and other **** spilled on it that its deteriorating bad. Ive been wanting to do something with it but wasnt sure what to do. That and I didnt want to spend a lot of coin on a nice metal top.
So I bought this piece of lamanant board ( or whatever the hell you call it ), cut it to size, sealed, and painted it. It has about six coats of clear on it to give it "deep" look. Colors are Sonic Blue (Carbon edition Corvette) and the green from the new Camaros.
The original particle board top.




New board on top of old.

In the booth.

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Laying out the stripe. Because Im a nerd like that.


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Sitting on bench after paint




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Sorry for the shitty pics.
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Nice work. Prettiest work bench I've ever seen. Quality work man. I love it
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looks good! cool idea!
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Now you'll hate to mess it up by working on it,lol. Nice job
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Man thats freakin sweet...nice job!
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Looking good bro!
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It looks too nice to really use!!!
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Too nice to use. The laminate was a good idea but it looks like things got out of hand...lol

Looks eally good though.
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Now you'll hate to mess it up by working on it,lol. Nice job
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lol, Ill be a little careful but Im also going to use my bench like Ive always used it. It only cost me $13 to make this. So if I mess it up I can always make a new one.

Thanks everyone.
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Looks good but like stated. Now you can't use it!!
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Looks awesome! What about laying a thin sheet of plexiglass over top of it like the invisible shield!
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+1 plexi would make it last!

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Looks awesome! What about laying a thin sheet of plexiglass over top of it like the invisible shield!
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